Founded in 1800.]
VOL. XCIV.—No. 42.
’ NORWALK
An Entertaining aml Instmetive Home Journal, Especially Devoted to Local {Yews anal Interests.
NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY OCTOBER 19 1894. '
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Justices of the Peace.
The Republicans of the First and
Third districts will meet to-night at the
Republican headquarteas on Wall
2 t, . .
sari: this caucus nominations Will be
made for Justices of the Peace and all
citizens having the interests of honest,
upright and capable government at
heart should attend and see that the
nominations made will be a credit to
the town and not a disgrace. .
It is a Well known fact that certain of
the Justice courts of l.\701"walk~ have
been a blot upon our good name.
Criminals have been allowed to escape
with paltry fines instead of being sent
to jail. Others have been severely
fined for trivial causes that should not
have been allowed in court. Friends
'of prisoners have been permitted to
tamper with justice until our whole sys-
tem stinks in the nostrils of the just.
Two years ago the people rose up and
struck the name of a South Norwalk
Justice from the ticket, for the reason
that he allied himself with an attorney
whose methods were condemned by all.
When his name disappeared from. the
ballot it was thought that our sister
city had freed herself from disgrace,
but it appears that in his place another
equally subservient, who is as Willing
to run his court about the county on
wheels as was his predecessor, has ap-
peared. Had this Justice retained his
residence in South Norwalk his name
would have been swept from the J us-
tice ticket in the twinkling of and eye,
but he has removed into another dis-
trict and will no doubt put in an ap-
pearance at the Republican caucus to-
night expecting to be placed upon the
ticket.
To all citizens who value the good
name of Norwalk, and who are interest
ed in honest government, the GAZETTE
calls upon them to attend the caucus
to-night and watch the names, if any,
presented from the Third as well as
from the First district.
As a nomination is equivalent to an
election all good citizens should insist
on making their own nominations in-
stead of allowing them to be made by a
committee.
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How to Dispose of Cheap Wheat.
The low price of wheat has led to
some experiments in feeding it to stock
of various kinds upon the farm where
grown. The results of a series of ex-
periments in feeding wheat to swine
have been collected by the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture and published in
its quarterly report. They indicate a
clear profit in feeding wheat when the
price at the farm falls to fifty cents per
bushel or below.
A circular containing a list of ques-
tions bearing upon this subject was sent
out to one thousand well-known farm-
ers, stock-growers and dairy farmers
in all sections of the State. From the
‘ ' ' dred f-thes an en- .. _ .
replies to four hun Q ' ' 99. "g "furious over the allegedaoulrage and
oral average was obtained which ShOWr
ed that a, bushel of wheat produced
eleven pounds of pork, which at 5%: cents
per pound, the average price, netted
60% cents per bushel. So much did this
msult impress the Kansas farmers that
4,059,323 bushels of the 24,827,523 bush-
els comprising the Kansas wheat crop
of 1893 werefed to farm animals, with
a prospect that a total of 8,524,983 bush-
els of the 28,165,656 bushels of the crop
of 1894 will be similarly fed.
Some of the experiments in wheat
feeding as compared with corn and
other grains proved valuable and inter-
esting. In general corn and wheat
both furnished the best results when
ground instead of being fed whole, and
sea flesh producer corn rather excelled
wheat pound for pound. For other
_ pfiqules, such as feeding milch cows,
whcnt'proved to be more valuable than
corn, and on the whole the experi-
ments'indicated that it is capable of
becoming an important competitor of
.corn for various feed purposes entirely
independent of its value as a breadstufi‘.
The chief value of these experiments
is that they indicate a method by which
the American farmer can neutralize the
competition in the wheat market due to
the marvelous extension of the wheat
producing area in India, Australia and
Argentina until the present surplus is
disposed of and a portion of the land
now sown to wheat is devoted to the
cultivation of corn and other remun-‘
erative crops. Wheat will bring more
than fifty cents a bushel turned into
pork or milk, and a part of the ‘present
surplusat least should undoubtedly be
disposed of in this way. ‘
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——3 cans new tomatoes 25c N. Y. store.
Hamiltonian.
BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 1894.
CHAPTER XXVI.
As full details as our space will admit
has been already given, of the chief
military and naval movements of 1861,
thus closing the first ymr of the war.
Congress had convent-d on Monday,
Dec. 2d. and at once entered upon
a stormy consideration of questions .re-
lating to the one inciting cause of rebel-
lion, human slavery. Bill after bill
was introduced into either house, which
after angry, wrangling debates, finally
ended in their passage and enactment
into laws. It was such legislation as
this that culminated later on in the
Emancipation Proclamation, which for-
ever wiped out the one foul blot upon
our National escutcheon.
The enactments for giving freedom
to slaves held by persons in armed re-
bellion against the Government, the
confiscation of their property and mak-
ing it a criminal offence for anyone in
the military or naval service of the
United States to aid in the capture and
return of fugitive slaves, were the bills
most bitterly opposed by the slavery
sympathizing members still holding
their seats in Congress, and by a large
body of the Northern people hostile to
any and all coercive measures for the
suppression of the rebellion. .
The Confederate Congress which held
its first or provisional session at Mont-
gomery, in May, had now removed to
Richmond, the established seat of the
rebel government. Jeff. Davis had
issued avmessage feebly endeavoring to
answer the message of 'PreSident Lin-
coln. Davis was authorized by his
congress to call for four hundred thous-
and volnnteers. He was also empower-
ed to inflict severe retaliation upon
Union prisoners of war, at his discre-
tion. Following the Baltimore ariots
and massacre of the unarmed Massa-
chusetts troops, the rebels inaugurated
a system of railroad destruction and
bridge burning, throughout the border
states. Despite this fact, the rebel
Secretary of War sent orders to Ten-
nessee to have some Union men. who
were charged with bridge burning to
prevent the advance of the rebel forces
into that state to be“ ‘summarily tried by
drum-head court marshal and if found
guilty instantly executed on the spot
by hanging. Such was the brutality
and the consistency of the slave power.
This barbarous order was issued by
Judah P. Benjamin, the same man who
sent the messages to England anathe-
matizrng “the barbarous warfare” by
which the North sought to despoil and
subj ugate the unofl'ending people of the
South. '
Semmes had terrorized the. seas with
his privateer the Sumter, being author-
ized by Davis to go out on his piratical
mission although it Was months after
that the Confederate Congress by
enactment. legalized Davis’ action in
the matter. It was in chasing the Sum-
ter that our Capt. Wilkes, of the U. S.
Steamer San Jacinto ran across the
British mail steamer Trent with Mason
and Slidell, the Confederate Ambassa-
dors on board, on route to England,
and took them off and on board his own
ship as prisoners of war. This came
near precipitating a war with Great
Britain, which at that time, it is sad to
relate, would have been eagerly wel-
corned by England, so much stronger
is that nation’s love of profitable trade
than of honesty, morality 0r humanity.
.iThmEnglish people and press were
violation of treaty rights. Per contra,
Capt. Wilkes received the .heartiest
plaudits of all loyal Americans, the
commendation of Secretary Welles and
the thanks of Congress for his brave
and patriotic action. But President
Lincoln was a man,:as the humorous
Artemus Ward stated of Washington,
“who never slapped over.” He never
lost his head either in victory or defeat
and was. always coolest when others
were most excited. He saw that in the
eye of international law, a technical
error had been committed. He there-
fore promptly ordered the surrender of
the captive rebel emissaries, with the
terse: statement that we were.“doing
to the British nation what we had always
insisted upon that all other nations
should do by us.” _ President Lincoln
tooklmischievous pains to:emphasize the
fact that the alleged ambassadors as
individuals, were of no account what-
ever, but the maintainance of one of
our ,own cherished governmental prin-
ciples was of paramount moment, and
thus he with consummate diplomatic
skill, invthe face of the counter current
of feeling prevailing in Congress and
all over the loyal North, had vindicated
a great principle in a high] honorable
and dignified way, averte threatened
hostilities with England, and 'our ad-
versaries beaten and chagrined, saw
that their hope of a. war with England
was at an end. Both Great Britain and
the rebel chieftains were left with the
humiliating feeling that they had only
been able to work up abrief tempest.
in a teapot, while Benjamin and Slidell
discerned, with still deeper mortifica-.
tion, that they personally had dwindled
into nothingness. The following few
months made it clear and distinct
to our loyal people that instead of Lin-
coln haying cringed to Great Britain,
he had in fact achieved a great triumph
and forever set at rest that nation’s
arrogant claim of “a right of search up-
on the high seas,” yea that he had done
grandly more—he ha‘d in_the face of the
approving plaudits of his own people
and friends for the act, .dared to op-
pose the wrong and maintain the Right.
The long, weary’winter of 18612 was. H
i.
paased with alternate hopes and fears.
The most imminent and serious danger
was outbreaks in the border states
where the people were angrily divided
between slavery and rebellion, and
freedom and a preservation of the
Union. Numberless engagements of
more or less importance had taken
place in the southwestern states, but
no decisive battle had been fought.
President Lincoln from the beginning
of our National troubles. looked upon
the maintainance of aloyal adherence
to the Union on the part of the loyal as
of the utmost importance, consequently
he felt most deeply the loss of our mili—.
tary prestage by reason of which the
rebels in those states were made more
arrogant and intollerant toward their
Union-loving neighbors, and the latter
correspondingly depressed and humili-
ated. He was also sorely embarrassed
by the extreme measures essayed in
Congress by leading Republicans. Not
that he did not believe in their justice,
but because while fully approving in
abstract principle, be deemed them in-
Opportuue and inexpedien‘t. Hash freely
admitted the duty and once ss'ily of
striking with all the Nation’s power at
whatever cause or- institution stood in
the way of a suppression of the slave-
holders’ rebellion. But he thought it.
wiser to make haste more slowly that
.many of his most ardent friends in Con-
gress demanded, and desired to await
the opportune time he knew was sure
to come, when we could fatally smite
slavery and the states in rebellion,
without alienating the Unionists in the
boarder states, or aiding their enemies
to overthrow them.
The most rigorous action, perhaps,
taken by the sitting Congress, was the
passage of a resolution drafted by Sen-
ator Trumbull of Illinois, for the ex-
pulsion of Mr. Breckenridge which was
in these words declaring “that John
C. Breckinridge, the traitor, be and he
is hereby expelled from the Senate of
the United States.” He was a most
captivating man in his speech and per-
sonality and had hosts of friends in
Kentucky among the loyal and the dis-
loyal. He was, however, steeped to
the eyes in treason and so well was the
fact known that five democratic sena-
tors voted for his expulsion and his
own Kentucky colleague sat silent in
his seat refusing to vote for him, when
his name was called. Following upon
all this. Kentucky was first among bor-
der states to welcome an invasion of
her soil by rebel troops under General
and Bishop Polk. Two days later his
troops were met and opposed by the
Co]. of the 2lst Illinois Volunteers,
who, as heretofore stated, crossed from
Cairo in Illinois over the river to Padu-
cab in Kentucky and invested that an,
cient and semi«loyal and more than.
semi-rebel town. That colonel was
Ulysses S. Grant. .
Edwin M. Stanton succeeded Simon
Cameron as head of the war office on the
eleventh of January and new vigor and
vim was infused into all the branches
of the slow going war department and
armies in the field. A week later,
Gen. George H. Thomas won a signal
victory over the enemy at Mill Spring,
Kentucky, and 001. Grant was promoted
to a Brigadier Generalship and succes-
sively captured Forts Henry and Don-
clson and “unconditional surrender”
Grant awoke to immortal fame. His
name was on every tongue through—
too for that matter. There was un—
bounded joy over his success, and none
were so overWhelmed with excess of
happiness as President Lincoln. Jef-
ferson Davxs was as greatly cast down
and officially exhibited his ill-temper in
his report of the Confederate defeats
to their Congress.
Congress ”ordered that the 22d of
February be set apart as a day of re-
joicing in honor of the recent victories
of our Army and Navy and that the
Capitol and other public buildings be
illuminated.” While this rejoicing was
at its height, the cabinet on the 2181;
sent a solemn communication to Con-
gress imparting the painful intelligence
that little Willie, the brightest and
most Winsome of the President’s chil-
dren, and the especial pet of the father’s
heart, had suddenly .expiredeat. the
White House. Congress immediately
decided that all public celebration of,
Washington’s Birthday on the marrow,
be stopped and in a joint resolution cxr
pressed its deepest sympathy for the
President and his family and adjourned.
The reading of Washington’s farewell
address before both Houses of Con-
gress next day, the 226, was all that
was permitted as befitting the sudden
change from exultaut rejoicing to the
gloom and sorrow of an open grave.
Claimed by Norwalkers.
A stray horse and wa on was found
on Clark’s Hill last nig t, and was be-
ing taken to police headquarters by a
young man when two other men came
along and claimed it. They stated. that
they belonged in Norwalk, but refused
to give their names. The horse hadrun'
away and one of them was thrown out
while the other jumped to escape the
same fate. The turnout was turned
over to them—Stamford Advocate.
, The Courts. ’
There are seventeen cases on theshort
calendar docket of the civil court of
common pleas for to-day.
To-day is short calendar day and
Judge Shumway Will have thirty-one
cases before him in the superior court.
Judge Shumway will tr six divorce
cases in the Superior curt, to-day.
In four cases the suit is brought by the
wife and in the other two by the hus-
band. The followmg are 'the .cases :
Emma L. Lynch vs. Arthur H. Lynch;
Lulu Mobbs vs Frank Mobbs; Amos W.
Fcris vs. Mary A. Ferris; G. S. Pratt vs.
Cora B. Pratt; Jennie F. Millspaugh vs
Edward E. Millspaugh and Lavma H
Ridge vs Orrin T. Ridge.
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The Soldiers’ Home. . ‘
The last quarterly ‘meeting of. th
present soldiers’ hospital board Will be
held at Noroton, on Saturday. .Im-
portant business will come up for con-
bsideration. More room is needed. “At.
present there are 300 inmates at the]
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out the loyal slates and the rebel states -
FIRE ill curls FOLLY.
Narrow Escape From Burning of
'Proi. Harstrom’s Military School
on Prospect Hill.
No Water With Which to Fight
the Flames.
One of the largest crowds that ever
assembled at a fire. in this city, re-
sponded to an alarm last evening, sent
in from Box 15 shortly after 7 o’clock,
it being estimated that there were over
1,500 persons at the scene of the fire,
which was at the place on Prospect Hill
’ known as “Clark’s Folly” and occupied
by Prof. Carl A. Harstrom as a school
for boys.
About 7:15, o’clock, Miss Carolyn
Phelps, who is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Harstrom. glanced out of the window
and discovered that a corner of the
barn. about 100 feet from the house was
on fire, and gave. the alarm to Prof.
Harstrom, who at the time was sitting
inthe library. Seeing at a glance that
any eflort on his part unassisted could
not possibly extinguish the blaze, he
hastily ran to the foot of the hill on
Union Park, where he pulled Box 24‘.
The fire bell failed to respond and he
tried again with the same result.
At this moment Fred. Decker and a
lady friend came along on a tandem bi-
cycle, and the Professor asked him to
hurry down town and give the alarm.
Decker’s companion dismounted and
he made all possible haste to Wall
street where he informed Captain Dunn
of thefire, and he pulled Box 15 at"’the
corner of Hale’s drug store.
The fire companies promptly re-
sponded, Hope Hose company being
first to reach the fire, followed closely
by the engine company and the supply
wagon. The Hope Hose boys made
connection wilh a hydrant a short dis-
tance from ‘ the fire. The Phoenix
boys were forced to connect with the
hydrant at the foot of the hill and the
hose was run off from the supply wagon
as the horses laboriously dragged the
wagon up the steep hill, 1,000 feet of
hose being thus run out to reach the
re. .
The flames had by this time gained
considerable headway and after de-
vouring the barn communicated with a
small house close by, originally intend-
ed for the coachmau’s home, but latter-
ly used by Prof. Harstrom for a recita-
tion room, and the attic for a storeroom
one apartment being set aside as a
sleeping room for the man-of—all-work
about the place. West of this was a.
hen coop or run. about 100 feet long,
which also caught fire and was quickly
burned up.
There being no use in trying to save
the barn the efforts of the firemen were
confined to ' preventing a spread of the
flames and to the small house close ad-
joining. There was scarcely any water
pressure, loss than 20 pounds, said one
engineer. and the streams from the two
nozzles that were turned on the flames
did but little good in the way of extin-
guishing the fire, and it was decided to
pull the building down.
The Pioneer Hook and Ladder Truck
was started out after the first alarm
and eight men managed to drag the
cumbersome apparatus to Hillside where
the wheels sank in the sandy soil and
all efforts at the time to budge it a foot
farther were unavailing. Finally a
crowd got hold of the ropes and after
considerable tugging it was dragged to
the fire.
The razing books were attached to
the burning framework of the house
and when there was a “let her_go boys,
all altogether,” the connecting rope
snapped in twain. This occurred three
times. Another effort was made and
this time the east side of the building
gave way and fell to the ground, fol-
lowed soon after by the north side, and
the fire was then practically under the
control of the firemen, and at 9:15 the
return hell, “or fire out” was rung,
and the firemen returned to their re.
,spective houses, leaving one or two fire
police in charge. -
During the absence of Prof. .Har-
strom the pupils, assisted by outsiders,
who had arrived at the fire before the
alarm, had succeeded in getting a cow
out of the barn and considerable of
the school paraphernalia out of the
house. The goods stored in the attic
and composed of several trunks packed
with wearing apparel belonging to Mrs.
Harstrom, and furniture and trunks
belonging to Cortlandt L. Parker, who
at one time owned the place and resided
there, were consumed.
Seventy-five chickens and a pet lamb
were rescued from the hennery build-
ing, although they had a close call
from being roasted alive.
Fortunatel the wind was not blow-
ing in the direction‘of the house, for
had the house caught fire all the efforts
of the firemen would have been futile
in attempting to save it, as there was
no pressure on the water pipes, and
our steam fire engine stands in the
engine house condemned. .
The buildings destroyed. were the
property of Mrs. E. B. White of But-
falo, N. Y., and the loss is fully cov-
ered by insurance. The loss is perhaps
$2,000. Mr. Harstrom's . goods were
only partially insured, his loss being
about .$200 over and above the insur-
ance. .
The fire is believed to have how an
incendiary. Peter Brzisnick who sleeps
in the building was at the time away to
his supper. t was stated that a horse
had been burned alive, but this was not
so -the animal having been = sold and
taken away some time ago. .
The firemen were 'regaled With hot
coffee by Prof. Harstrom during and
after the fire. .
Prof. Harstrom says that despite the
large crowd congregated in and about
the grounds nothing was stolen but a
leg of lamb which was takenl’irom the
kitchen table. , .
An examination’ of box 24 which
failed to work, was made by superin-
tendent . of Fire Alarm John H. Hoyt
this morning. He found the trouble to
‘ secretary, Rev. P.
have been caused by the ground plate
and main line plates being burned to-
gether by a current from the Trolley
Wire,having probably occurred Monday
when the telephone and fire alarm
Wires were broken and crossed togeth-
er by the falling of a tree on the
Green, and at which time the Telephone
coriipanyhadthree instruments burned
on . ' . . '
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He is the discoverer of that wonder-
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Don’t Like Austin.
Two young _men were about town
last night distributing dodgers on which
was the following:
REPUBLICANS! !
The Republican canons of the First
and Third districts meets to-night (Fri-
day.)
__ It would be a disgrace to the Repub-
lican party and a disgrace to the Town
of Norwalk, 1f!
ALFRED E. AUSTIN
shbuld be re-nominated for Justice of
the Peace.
In the interest of honest government,
attend your caucus. ‘
An attempt will very likely be made
to appoint a committee to report a
slate.
_ If you don’t believe in corrupt poli-
tics, insist on making your own nomin-
ations.
Amusements
NORWALK OPERA HOUSE .
The Aunt Sally company will this
season make one of the longest tours on
record, making a complete belt of the
United States. and traveling over 20,-
000 miles. They go direct from Hali-
fax to Vancouver, B. C., then down
the Pacific to San Diego—to Texas—to
Florida and up the Alantic coast to
New York City. The company will
appear at the Norwalk Opera. House,
next Monday evening.
Hoxr’s OPERA HOUSE.
The far-famed Lew Dockstader ac-
companied by fifty artists will appear
at Hoyt’s Opera House, next Saturday
night in the mirth provoking “Just One
Jolly Night.” Dockstader always has
a good company and one can depend on
an evening’s enjoyment whenever he is
in town. . Stick the date on your mem-
ory and be at Hoyt’s Opera House Sat-
urday evening, Oct. 20th.
And He Came Back.
Constable Ireland arrested Robert
Ross, of Winnipank, Tuesday after-
noon, on the charge of being an access-
ory'to the robbery of J. C. Randle’s
store, Sept. 7th, for which a young
man named William Britto was arrest-
ed and escaped with the light sen-
tence of thirty days in jail. He im-
plicated Rossinthe robbery, but it is
understood that“he now denies that:
Boss knew any"'thi~ug.~about'it. Ross
skipped out of town 7at the time with
about $30 belonging to his brother. A
hearing_..w_ill be had in his case at 2
o’clock, this afternoon.
Evening School.
The evening school committee met .
at F. Mead’s, last evening, and after
organizing made the following appoint-
ments: Over River, H. B. Wigham,
principal, Miss Merrill and Miss Decker
assistants; Franklin street, W. 0. Facts
principal, Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Beach
assistants ; E. H. Gumbart, mechanical
draughtsman; Winnipauk, L. Herrick
principal. Miss Kemp assistant.
The sessions of the evening school
will begin at Over River, Franklin
street and Winnipauk school houses
Monday evening next at 7:30 o’clock,
at which time a further opportunity for
registration Will be given.
Just in Time.
Some time since L. D. Keeler sold a
nautity of furniture toa man name
ynch, on the installment plan. Yes-
terda afternoon Keeler learned th at
Lynch had gone to New York and had
ordered the goods shipped to that city.
Securin an oflicer he went to the pro-
pellcr w arf and found the goods await-
ing shipment. He _ took possessibn of
them and resold them to a relative of
Lynch’s. Two hours later and the
goods would have been on the sound en
route to New York.
Baptist Convention.
The state convention of Baptist
societies, heldat Norwich, elected offi-
cers as follows : President. Hon. Fran-
cis Wayland, New Haven; vice presi-
dent, Captain L. A. Gallup, Norwich;
S. Evans, New Hav-
en; treasu er, W. F. Walker, New
Britaingau itor, J. E. Darrow, New
London. - <
flour at N. Y. store. ' .
—Tak‘e advhntage of the big drop on .
munitions.
MP8. Hamilton of Westport Said
Her Husband Threatened
to Shoot Her.
Judge Shumwa‘y Dismissed the
Complaint.
Mark H. Hamilton contested the ap-
plication ofhis wife, Maud Hamilton.
for divorce, before Judge Shumway,
yesterday. Mrs. Hamilton lives in
Westpori. She was married to Hamil-
ton Nov. 1. 1888. Her name before the.
ceremony was Maud Green. Whatever
factor in her makeup governed her
choice of a husband, the choice was
distinctly unfortunate as subsequent
developments prove. '
The plaintiff asked for the divorce
upon the ground of intolerable cruelty.
If the allegations set up by her coun-
sel, Attorney’s Olmstead and Leeds, in
the nine paragraphs of the plaintiff’s
bill of specifications, are true the mar-
tial experience of Mrs. Hamilton must
have been almost as exciting as fight-
ing Indians on the frontier.
The first paragraph says that Nov. 8.
1888, the defendant attempted to shoot
the plaintiff With a loaded revolver,
whsich hetahpointed at her. '
ays e second para ra b: “Nov.
26, .1888, he threatened gto Ighoot the
plaintiff With a loaded revolver, at her
residence, and she fled in fear from the
room.
Paragraphs three to nine, inclusive,
alleged respectively, as follows : “That
Dec. 15, 1888, he threatened to kill her
With a revolver which he flourished and
then threatened to kill himself. This
time the plaintifi‘ fled in great fear.”
lhat Oct. 12, 1889 he knocked her
down near the residence of her mother
and said he would shoot her.
“That in month of May, 1889, he.
caught the plaintiff by the arm and
badly injured it.
“I‘hat April 6, 1889, he tried to stab
her With a carving knife. ‘
“That on a blank month of 1889 he
struck the plaintiff asevere blow dur-
ing a card party at her home.”
‘That at a still later period he kicked
her in the leg, and injured it.”
And finally, “That from Nov. 1, 1888.
to Jan. 1, 1889, he struck the plaintiff
repeatedly and committed other acts
of Violence upon dates that could not
be deSignated more particularly.”
The husband set up the claim that
the court had no jurisdiction, alleging
that the plaintiff had not been three
years a reSident of the state since her
marriage, and that at the time of her
marriage she was not domiciled in Con-
necticut and that the defendant was, at
the time of the marriage, and has al-
ways smce been a resident of the state
of New York. ~
Judge Shumway after hearing the
ev1dence decided that Mrs. Hamilton
had not proven a residence in this state
and dismissed the complaint.
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TERSE TALES OF THE TIMES.
John Dinkel of New York, is a guest
of Frank F. Clark.
Senator W. P. Frye, of Maine, is a
guest of Hon. E. J. Hill.
An adjourned town meeting will be
held to-morrow afternoon.
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A meeting of the Laboring Men’s
Union was held last evening.
——Maud S. flour reduced to $4.00 per
bbl. N. Y. store. .
Mr. Fred Buttery and Miss Louise
Thompson are soon to be married.
—-See the $1.25 kid shoes at Hoyt’s.
The Henry shoes, youths, 80c., boys
900. A. H. Hoyt & Son. 967 St .
'g‘Judge Kane at Bridge-porfilast night,
issued naturalization papers to thirty- '
five Norwalku'men. ..
Hope Hose company voted last night
to take part in the fire parade at West-
port, next Tuesday. 5,
—See the $1.25 kid shoes at Hoyt’s.
The Henry shoes, youths 80c., boys
90c. A. H. Hoytv& Son. 967 31:
Mrs. Caroline Riggs 'is moving her
family from Butler street to Marshall
street, South Norwalk. '
The 48th annual meeting of the Con-
necticut Teachers’ Association is being
held in Hartford, to-day.
—-Pictures Framed by J. T. Hayes.
878-15
Complaint is made of a stench that
comes from a catch-basin on Franklin
avenue, opposite nion Park. The
basin ought to be cleaned.
A Republican caucus will be held
this evening for the purposes of nom-
inating a representative to the Gen-
eral Assembly and Justices of the Peace
-—-Special bargain for two days only.
Mons Blue or Bldck Double Breasted,
all wool chevrot 88.00 suits for $5.00 at
Torr Baos., Wall Street Bridge.
John Hanson a Bridgeport grocery
dealer, and James H. O’Rourke, lawyer
and ball player, have been nominated
for representatives by the Democrats
of that city.
'—Tin-types taken at Lewis’.
Shoe-dealer A. H. Hoyt has a rose-
bush of which he is very. proud. It is
a hardy bush and prohficblossoms.
This morning he went out in his door.
yard and plucked nine handsome roses
from the bush. no is recomzed‘ as
975 tf
the month of rose at October, never-L ‘
Norwalk Chronicler